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Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who doesn’t feel traumatized or fearful by current events - could be anything...shootings, sexism, racism, etc.

I certainly hope you’re the only one. You should feel fearful if you’re paying attention. Otherwise you’re the dumb chick in the horror movies who gets killed off in the first act. What you don’t know, OP, can kill you or your children.

OP here - I logically understand none of this good. I just don’t feel an emotional burden by it.

Doesn’t mean I am not paying attention, calling for change, etc etc etc.

I really don’t get how folks are traumatized by events they were not specifically a part of though.

Anonymous wrote:OP you sound like my Mil. She’s incredibly selfish and lacks emotion....essentially just cares about herself and her golden child (my dh).

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who doesn’t feel traumatized or fearful by current events - could be anything...shootings, sexism, racism, etc.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - for the people who say I am selfish, why is that? It isn’t that I am not acknowledging these are horrible things or don’t think we should impose change. I just don’t carry it with me. I have volunteered and donated money to combat these issues.

I also don’t think it is a privilege thing - for instance, I understand the impact of RBJ open seat and Trump getting another seat. I am woman. I would never use the word traumatic though or let it bring me down for more than a few hours.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I have PTSD from seeing all the police killings. It's like watching snuff films to see the police kill people like that. I don't go in for things like that. I found it traumatic. I had to turn the channel when they showed those police snuff films over and over and over.

It's been a seriously traumatic few months.

Have you had past mental illness, such as anorexia, anxiety, depression? if so, events may be exacerbating your fragility. Perhaps talk to your therapist more or check in with your psychiatrist to increase your dosages. This is not a time to ignore your conditions.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - for the people who say I am selfish, why is that? It isn’t that I am not acknowledging these are horrible things or don’t think we should impose change. I just don’t carry it with me. I have volunteered and donated money to combat these issues.

I also don’t think it is a privilege thing - for instance, I understand the impact of RBJ open seat and Trump getting another seat. I am woman. I would never use the word traumatic though or let it bring me down for more than a few hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, you all are just plants, taking up space. No concerns about our democracy? The climate and environmental wreckage were handing down to our kids! No concern at all about our rights being in jeopardy with a new conservative justice to be appointed? No concern for whole cities on fire, businesses and homes burning, innocents shot by police, children growing up fearing for their lives? Well, go back to nursing your 5 year old and counting your millions. There will always be a stupid bourgeoise who can’t see past the tips of their smug noses. One of these days the revolution might just punch you in the face. And then maybe you’ll wake up.

Oh the revolution will punch you in the face first. The weak minded are the first to resist and be trampled by the jack boots of history.

Anonymous wrote:I have similar feelings to PP. I usually vote Democrat because of the issues I believe in. Just because I'm not emotionally impacted, think SJW have gotten out of hand, and roll my eyes at some people's reactions doesn't mean I don't support certain issues.

This year I almost dont want to vote because I detest both candidates so much and I'm really, really turned off by both parties right now.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm like you op, but mostly because I am burned out of all this woke stuff. It seems everything is a issue or need to be fought these days.... at this point I just roll my eyes when I see some of this crap, like someone going on and on about how Paw Patrol (the children's cartoon) is misogynist and a bunch of other people going like "oh, I have never thought about it, but this is so true!"

And regarding BLM, I cannot understand why some people seem so shocked suddenly - did they live in la la land and didn't know police brutality is a thing in this country, specially towards black and, recently, latinos?

Politics: this has been a crappy year and I have already prepared myself that trump will be re-elected. I will still vote of course, but it is clear to me that this is the country we are living in - a majority of obnoxious, racists, ignorant and plain stupid people in one hand, and a bunch of woke and purists - also obnoxious, ignorant and plain stupid in the other hand that will not vote for Biden because he is not their choice. They apparantly never heard of the word compromise of the expression "the lesser of two evils."

Stuff like that drives me crazy. And those who act like that don't understand how damaging it all is for people to get burned out on the "woke stuff". I think my favorite experience (sarcastic) was when someone was telling me that a certain pattern on a sweater was cultural appropriation. That is part of my culture and I said something the lines of "well no a lot of us aren't bothered by things like that. It is really things like X and Y that are offensive" And that person that tried to argue that I was wrong and that it was offensive. I told her that she was being more offensive than the sweater but that just led her to dig deeper into her stance. It was beyond ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I’m with you OP it is just women borrowing trouble. Assuming you vote and care and stay informed, carrying around sorrow for someone or something you don’t know is childish and attention seeking. It is not noble. Thousands of people die every day in myriad tragic and terrible ways. Do what you can and then move on with your life. You only get one!

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Anonymous wrote:Y’all realize bad things have always happened right? Life now is better than it has been for 99.999% of human history.

Too many people let the media tell them what to feel and think.

I’m with OP.

Sorry but i had never seen a person kneel on another person's neck until they were dead. That was new to me.

It's too bad that you had to see it to be impacted by it. I hope you realize that this (and worse) has been going on for decades. It's just that now everyone has a phone to record it and 100s of media outlets to show it. Black people have been complaining about police violence (and death) since...like...forever.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I have PTSD from seeing all the police killings. It's like watching snuff films to see the police kill people like that. I don't go in for things like that. I found it traumatic. I had to turn the channel when they showed those police snuff films over and over and over.

It's been a seriously traumatic few months.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, you don’t feel anything when you read about a two-month-old dying of covid or hearing a mother cry for her donor daughter murdered by police? You aren’t afraid for your children when you read about the current administration and state of our country?

I can’t believe you have no empathy.